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Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Home Bed Assist Handle (RTL15063-ADJ)
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Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Bed Assist Handle (15064)
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Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Bed Assist Rail with Folding Board (RTL15062)
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Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Home Bed Assist Handle (RTL15073)
Name of Product:
Bed Assist Handles and Bed Assist Rail
Hazard:
When attached to an adult’s bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the rail and the side of the mattress. This poses a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation.
Recall Date:
December 06, 2021
Units:
About 496,100 (68,000 units in Canada) (119 units in Mexico)
Recall Details
Description:
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, of Port Washington, New York, are announcing the voluntary recall of four different models of its Bed Assist Handle and Bed Assist Rail adult portable bed rails. Drive has received two reports of entrapment deaths associated with two of its Bed Assist Handle bed rails (models 15064 and RTL15073). The deaths occurred in February 2011 and February 2015, and involved a 93-year-old woman at her home in California, and a 92-year-old man at an assisted living facility in Canada. In both incidents, the bed rails were not securely attached to the bed and the users became entrapped between the product and their mattress.
This recall involves four models of Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare’s adult portable bed rails:
Model | Product | Product as Sold on Amazon: | Dimensions |
15064 | Bed Assist Handle | Home Bed Assist Handle | About 21 inches high and 12 inches wide |
15062 | Bed Assist Rail with Folding Board | Home Bed Assist Grab Rail with Bed Board | About 23 inches high and 12 inches wide |
RTL15073 | Home Bed Assist Handle | Home Bed Assist Handle | About 13-17 inches high (adjustable) and 19 inches wide |
RTL15063-ADJ | Home Bed Assist Handle | Adjustable Height Home Bed Assist Handle | About 15-20 inches high (adjustable) and 20 inches wide |
The name “Drive” and the model number are printed on a label located on the product’s metal tubing. The rails are made of steel tubing either in white or chrome. Models RTL15063-ADJ and RTL15073 include black non-slip padding on the grip handle and under-bed frame. Model 15062 features a wooden under-bed board attached to the grip handle.
Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare sold about 496,100 of the bed rails at medical supply stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.com and www.walmart.com. The bed rails were sold from October 2007 through December 2021 for between $30 and $80.
Drive Medical also sold about 68,000 units in Canada. Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare sold about 119 units in Mexico.
CPSC urges consumers to report any related incidents to the agency at www.SaferProducts.gov.
Remedy:
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bed rails and contact Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare to receive a full refund.
Incidents/Injuries:
Drive has received two reports of entrapment deaths associated with two of its Bed Assist Handle bed rails (models 15064 and RTL15073). The deaths occurred in February 2011 and February 2015, and involved a 93-year-old woman at her home in California, and a 92-year-old man at an assisted living facility in Canada.
Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare sold about 496,100 of the bed rails at medical supply stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.com and www.walmart.com. The bed rails were sold from October 2007 through December 2021 for between $30 and $80.
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years. Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
